Sneak Peek: Dakota Spotlight

Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations

Atomic Entertainment - True Crime Podcast

Places & Travel, True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.5 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today we have a special treat for our Slaycaters: A sneak peek of one of our favorite true crime shows, Dakota Spotlight. Host James Wolner spends this season investigating a frustrating cold case - and ends up with new leads and a shift from the Attorney General's office. It's beautifully produced and deeply investigated - we think you'll love it! 15-year-old Barbara Louise Cotton vanished from the streets of Williston, North Dakota, on April 11, 1981, five blocks from her home. What happened to Barbara Cotton? In episode 1, while others called Barbara a 'runaway', a frustrated yet unyielding Sandee Evanson refuses to stop looking for her childhood friend. A Better Search for Barbara is a deep, investigative dive into one of North Dakota's longest running cold cases. Music by Wowza in Kalamazoo: https://wowzainkalamazoo.bandcamp.com/ Check out the full catalog and everything Dakota Spotlight: https://dakotaspotlight.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/groups/dakotaspotlight X/Twitter: @dakotaspotlight Instagram: @dakotaspotlight TikTok: @dakotaspotlight Bluesky: @dakotaspotlight.bsky.social YouTube: @dakotaspotlightpodcast4800 Proudly produced by Six Horse Media: info@sixhorsemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jamie Lang and Sophie Haboo have arrived on Disney Plus.
0:04.0	We're having a baby.
0:06.0	We're having a baby.
0:07.0	I've always wanted to be mom.
0:09.0	And we're bringing you on our journey through everything.
0:12.0	I have no idea what we're doing.
0:13.0	Thank you. I have more of an idea.
0:15.0	I think of it like a Tamagocchi.
0:17.0	At the end of all of this...
0:20.0	We're going to have a little baby.
0:21.8	Raising Chelsea, a Hulu original series streaming exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.3	18 plus subscription required T's and T supply.
0:31.0	Hey, Slake haters, Kim here.
0:33.1	As you know, I'm always on the lookout for a great true crime podcast.
0:38.1	And in my recent travels, I came across something I think you'll really dig.
0:42.1	It's called Dakota Spotlight.
0:44.1	And I immediately connected to it because it's deeply researched, emotionally grounded, and told with a lot of care.
0:51.6	Hosted by James Walner, Dakota Spotlight goes beyond the headlines to focus
0:56.6	on the people at the heart of each story, victims, families, investigators, even those connected
1:04.5	to the accused. With 11 seasons of original reporting and immersive storytelling, James has been at it for a while,
1:13.4	and you can just hear the humanity and depth he brings to the cases that are far too often overlooked.
1:20.9	The episodes you're about to hear is the first from a season titled A Better Search for Barbara. On April 11th, 1981,
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